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the carolina watchman vol vii.--.thibd series salisbuby n c jaltuary 6 1876 no 12 published weekly : j j bruner proprietor and editoi . thos k brujfer associate editor bates of st'bcbiption weekly watchman on'r year payable mailvanftfc 2.f0 six months " " j 25 5 copies to l"v address 10.0 advertising kate : obb 8qcare 1 inch one insertion 100 two " 1.50 rate5 f"r - greater number of insertions moderate special notices 25 per cent more in regular advertisements reading notice 1 cents per line foreaeh and every insertion from the new york s an j a higinva y.man's career william hill a patient in a private insauc asylum near glasgow scotland died a few weeks bi'uce many years c,o there lived in iredell county north carolina a respected presbyterian min ister named curry the pride of whose life was an only son nixon by name iu whose training the good man took pecul iar delight the young man wou the affections of a youug girl attending the same school and so ardent was their attachment that uo rival was allowed to come between them — when the girl reached tho age of iifteeu her devotion to young curry became so manifest tliat her patents wishing to secure for her what they considered a better alliance forbade further intercourse between the two as a natural consi quence clandes tine meetings were resorted to anil con tinued for three years at the expiratiou of that period the hand of the young lady was sought by the son of a southern statesman and her parents tried to com pel her acceptance whereupon she elop ed with young curry the couple were pursued by the friends of the girl and curry turned and shot his rival who led the pursuers killing him instantly re newing their flight they took refuge af ter a lung and heated chase in the alle ghany mountains near the head waters of the catawba and there outlawed from all society he became a highway man and bpecdily achieved a dreaded notoriety by the number and character ut his deadly exploits the governor of north carolina offered 5,000 for bis arrest and many lured by the tempting offer tried to hum him down suddenly he was missed from north carolina it was supposed that he had died or that h had changed his base of operations one day al the lime if the fust settle ment of the fertile delta of the st francis river in what is now arkansas an immi grant appeared in the etsirict calling himself john ii 1 1 ii was a handsome amiable man and though having only moderate means extended a generous hospitality to all who visited his beauti ful little home rendered doubly attract ive by the presence ol a lovely wife iu a short time he became the most popular man in the settlement and so be continu ed for ten or twelve years iie was re peatedly elected to the legislature and there he was distinguished for powerful and impassioned eloquence he became a leader iu the ranks of his party was a member of the convention that framed the state constitution and represented his district in the senate of arkansas hill's most intimate friends were the strongs — four brothers men of wealth and ambition a close intimacy sprang up between them and hill in an un guarded moment made the eldest strong conversant with his previous history tel ling him that ho was the notorious nixon curry ut north carolina strong then requested curry to resign his seat iu the senate but hill refused aud the broth ers conspired to ruin him seuding to nerth carolina they procured a requisi tion for his arrest and a copy of the eward offered for his capture the four brothers powerful and determined as they were well knowing the character of the man with whom they were to deal cured the assistance of a dozen men nd surrounding his house attempted to effect his capture on approaching the main entrance and demanding his surren der one of them was shot dead and three others were dangerously wounded and the attack was abandoned the govenor of arkausas published an additional reward for his arrest and hastily packing a few articles hill set out with his wife and children for upper arkansas where he knew of the existence of a baud of despeiad ies whose members ho bad reason to believe would protect him he was overtaken at conway court house and baiting his wagon aud admonishing his wife and children to keep their places he stepped forth in the face of his pursuers aad in a fevv eloquent words told them why be quit north carolina and at the same time assuring them that he would uot be taken alive the gallant ry of the action resulted in his favor and the pursuit was abandoned constant pursuit had made him mo rose and quarrelsome and he began to drink heavily and resort to the gambling table as a meaus of support one day in oepteaiber 1845 while seated at break laet he told his wife that he had a pre jnoimioa uf death aud felt that be should killed that day before sunset calling his son william a bright boy of fourteen e made him swear to kill the mau who would kill his father . the circuit court of pope county be ng m session he attended it with a young man named howard who was en gaged to hi8 eldest daughter as soon j8 they reached the village hill began to r"ik and exhibited an uuusual disposi n to quarrel he insvlted every oue e tt^t aud finally threatened to clean lb court house and pushed into tho court-room to the consternation of judge jury and lawyers young howard tried to restrain him but glaring like a tiger be turned upon the youth and felled him to the floor at the same time exclaiming kill me or i'll kill you !'' the young man in a moment of extreme anguish drew a kuife and buried it in tbe bowels of hill who died soon after howard quit arkansas and was heard of several years later af san antonia rl exas where he joined the confederate forcos under command of col long at the close of the war be was met by william hill who remembering the oath he had taken at his father's instance shot tho former and fled to europe ho j.»n:ed the french army and served through the franco prussian war bat was object t temporary insanity fi nally liis case became hopeless aud ho was placed by his friends in an asylum near gl.-.sgow bcotlaud where he re cently died turning a test to a profilalle account there was a large plantation near sel ma alabama a part of which had beeu needed with sorghum hahipcnsc or gui nea grasb there called johnson grass this grass finally spread over the whole plantation and could not be subdued which eo discouraged the owner that he gave up the place as utterly ruined a northern farmer seeing this abandoned plantation with its luxuriant growth ol g.ass was so impressed with it that he ni ted the place for three years and pre pared to attack the planter's foe big general green aud cfoinpel him to pay tribute he procuied mowers and a hay press cut the grass made au immense uautity of excellent hay and is making aouey out of what had driven the cotton jrower to despair moral : if you don't want to grow hay or raise stock don't plant johnson grass or sort/hum halapensc inder any of its aliases but if you have t try to turn the pest into a blessing iu he form of food for stock rural caro iniron/or december ' trii'lixg causes for self-murder lillle maters are more frequently the 4u3c ofsuicide than great affairs an irrita ble nervous system a brain too highly wrought are apt to magnify into the greatest honors trifles to whicli the iieahhy organization would scarcely give i thought many a girl has taken away ler life rather than endure a scolding ind schoolboys have drowr.ed themselves to avoid ilie peiformauce of some heavy auks a noble lord of high d reo ouce hot bimself because he wi •; dieted wilh he itch he had evidei y never heard f the duke of argyle ur the famous scratching post of hist , . a london reporter put an end lo is life to save iiimsell the trouble of ni mg out a long port and the story is t id ofa gentle man who gave as a reason or his suicide ihat he was tired of the trouble of putting off and on his clothes the ! st case jt sell slaughter for a trifling cause is that nf a married lady in london wbo suicid ed because she was greatly troubled and depressed about changing her residence it is a curious fact connected whbfelo de e that so few of those persons whose obituaries we should so gladly write ever ihutrlrf off ihis mortal coil who ever beard of a creditor drowning himself an annuitant or a poor relation ? how of ten have we wished that such aud such i poet would put his wail j;i into < tion and sleep beuea 1 the w...uws : liut none of these people c . o do drown ; it is j'our poor innocents who nev 2d a cent or drew a pension iil i line of poetry ; your sensitive plants who start at the cracking of a door or tremble at the sight of a rat or a bailiff [ hit of their ranks alone come tho one more unfortunates denizens of unknown graves — inter-ocean stick to it learn a trade or get into business and go at it with a determination that defies failure and you will succeed don't leave i beca use hard blows are to he struck or disagreeable work to be performed those who have work ed their way up to wealth and useful ness do not belong to the shiftless and unstable lass and if you do not work while a young man as an old man you will be nothing work with a will and conquer your prejudice against labor and manfully boar the heat and burden of thc day it may be hard the first week but after that i assure you it will become a pleasure and you will feel enough better satisfied with yourself to pay for all the trial of a beginning let preseverence and industry be your motto and with a steadv application to business you need have no fears for the future don't be ashamed of plain clothes provided you have earned them they are far more beautiful in the estima tion ofall honest men and women than the costly gewgaws sported by some people at the expense of the con fiding tailor the people who re spect you only when well clad will be the first to run from you in the hour of adversity a keen retokt — an old bachelor picking up a book exclaimed ou seeing a wood-cut representing a man kneeling at the feet of a woman — before 1 would ever kneel to a woman i would encircle my neck with a rope and stretch it — then turning to a young lady he asked don't you think it would be the best thing i couid do undoubtedly tbe best thing for the woman was the very sarcastic reply a little girl was engaged with others in raising money by small con tributions to liquidate the debt ofone of the small churches near trenton n j and a prize was to be given to the girl that raised the largest amount she succeeded well but learned that one little girl had raised a trifle mors than she had and after all she was likely to lose the prize in thinking over the matter the idea occurred to her to write to gen grant to help her out the trenton gazette says that she did so and to her great joy the president answered the letter aud inclosed the sum of 5 and gave her besides some excellent advice the child was as much pleased in receiv ing a letter from gen grant as she was to get the 5 the letter became the object of great curiosity every body wanted to see it one gentle man gave 5 for it and then charged a quarter of a dollar to see it in this way some fifteen or twenty dollars were realized all of which was paid to the hamilton avueue church for which the little girl was soliciting subscriptions the letter was read in church on sunday and excited no lit tle curiosity john randolph of roanoak em ployed an excellent man named clop ton to preach to his negroes in a ihapel on his plantation one cold sunday while he was giving out his lymn two lines at a time he observed i negro put his foot with a new brogan m tlie red hot stove turning to um he said in a measured voice you rascal you you will burn your shoe as this rhyme was in exact netre to the hymn the negroes chim d in and sang it the preacher jmiled and mildly explained : my olored friends indeed you're wrong [ did not intend that for the song this being also in good measure the icgroes sang it with a pious fervor fuming quickly to his congregation iie said sharply : i hope you will nut sing again until i have had time to explain but this only aroused them to repeat his last words with vigor mr clopton then finding his tongue aimed to rhyme abandoned explana tion and went on with the services schneider's tomatoes j schneider ia very fond of tomatoes schneider bas a frieud iu the conntry ivho raises garden eass and pi^h schneider had an invitation to visit his riend last week and regale himself on lis favorite vegetable his friend pfeifs cr being busy negotiating with a city ireduce dealer ou hia arrval schneider liought he would tako a etroll in the ardcd and see some of his favorites iu heir pristiuo beauty we will let him ell the rest cf bis story in his own lan guage : vei i valks shust a liddle vhile round vhen i seen aomo of dose dermar ters vot vas 6o red und nice as i never iit 6ee any more und i dinks i vill put luinesclf outside about a gounle a toaen shust o geef me a liddle abberdite vor dinner so i bulls off vouov der reddest st lookin of dose dermarters und rianea a pooty good pite out ov dot nnd vas chewing it oup pooty qvick vhen — ' / ehimiuy ! — i dort i hat a peese of red-hot goals in mine mout or vas chew ing oup dwo or dree bapers of needles ; und i velt so pad already dot mine eyes vas vool of tears ; und i mate vor an olt oken bucket vot i seen hangin iu der veil as i vas goomin along shust d^n mine vriend pfeiffer game oup und ask me vot mate me veel eo pad und if any ov mine vamily vas dead i dold bim dot i vas der ouly vou ov der vamily dot vas pooty sick und den i ask him vot kind ov dcrmaters dotft'vas vot i bat shust pceo bicking und mine era cious ! bow dot landsman lattghft uud said dot dose vaa red beppcrs dot he vas rasing for bepper-sauce you pet my life i vas mat i ladder yon geef me feefty tollars as to eat some more ov dose bepper sauce dermaters — chas f adams rev marcus l wood this divine is bo thoroughly known in north carolina that it is hardly necessa ry to make a personal sketch of him he is a graduate of trinity college and soon after entering the ministry offered his bervicea to tbe cbiua mission proceed ing to china for several years hu was called to endure all tbe trials of tho devo ted missionaries to tbat enlightened hea then land circumstances which he con sidered providudtial brought him back to the north carolina conference and since bis return ho bas been engaged iu the woik of au itinerant minister on circuits and stations as presiding elder of the salisbury district he h probably the only man in the state who speaks the chinese language and ho is certainly the only missionary seut out to china by the north caroliua conference as a preach er he is acceptable everywhere and as a pastor much esteemed we observe that he is accompanied by his bride to whom he was married on monday last and came to conference on his bridal tour his brido is the niece of the venerable dr alford of the confer ence — w journal bismark has a pistol wilh 5,000 worth of diamonds in the handle and yet he can't hit a cat ten feet away it takes one o these old shot gum to tear things barn burning — we reg „ to learn that the barn of mr ed walker of sha ron was burned by an incendiary last week it is supposed that the crime was committed in revenge for nis activity in the arrest of ed scott a colored suppor ter of the commercial interests of char lotte,5 who had been sent up for ten years for stealing cotton sou home horse-thieves catjgtt •. — two men giving tbeir names as job barfield and geo g lawrence stole a iitsc from mr hare and oue from mr r of co lumbus county one i.igb mat week aud sloped for texas ;" on the way pea cock's horse gave ont so they stole a mule we are informed to take his place they were tracked through columbus robeson and bladen into sampson where they were caught tbe^wfrt then brought to fayetteviile and lodged » the jail here temporarily for safe kec ».— fayette viile gaz trying to burn a depot the charlotte observor says : some nights ago an attempt waa made to burn mat thew's depot on the carolina central railroad about 10 miles from this city a window pane had been broken out and a quantity of shavings tlm n in on the floor after which fire was aj ied the window facing and tbe side o the build ing were a good deal burned but the fire was discovered in time to prevent the entire destruction of the depot at dif ferent times and on different parts of the building words similar to these had been found written : if you don't pay me my money i will burn the depot c so that it is probable that some employee to whom the road is in arrears probably on a disputed account fired uo depot for revenge upon the company j making assurance douulyscre not long since an < nerge':c farmer of this county desired to go south for a few weeks and as be had between 8500 and 600 in his possession he was troubled ss to a safe place of deposit for the same until his return he finally solved the vexed question by making a small wood en box in which he put the currency and working his way to the middle of the shuck pen he hurried the same and went on bis journey after an absence of several weeks ha returned and got his box from the pen and carried it to the house to count his cash capital and add a little to the same on saising the lid he was perfectly astounded to find nearly all his money in small fragments aud a lit ter of mice comfortably embedded in the same ouly fifteen dollars wa saved from demolition he now ust a fire i proof safe for bis greenback nd keeps ' his specie iu a stocking rus jd from '■the ceiling in hi stepping room — ash pioneer j dwelling destroyed — abont noon on friday the dwelling of mr robert simpson about six miles from town on tho swannauoa turnpike was totally destroyed by fire the fire originated j near the roof and had gained such bead j way before it was discovered tbat only a j few articles f household and kitchen fur i niturii on the first floor were saved ev 1 ery thing iu the second story comprising j beds bedding linen clo t aud iurni < ture were lost — lb the pioneer also relates u '^ lips of v s lusk u s district attorney a case of ku-k!uxing perpetrated on a uegro named freeman in folk county j recently are wo to bavo a revival of ku-kluxism between this and the presi , dential election i j | the confederate war debt ! c the washington correspondent of the philadelphia times te'egraphs that a resolution ha3 beeu prepared by a promi nent southern congressman a gentleman who was an officer in tho confederate army and has been for mauy years a recognized democratic leader iu the south declaring in full and definite terms that the confederate war debt shall never be recognized or assumed by tho uuitcd states ; that no claim for slaves freed during and by tbe war shall ever be es teemed lawful and tbat the national credit mils ever be kept unimpeached this will be submitted to the house at an early day aud the utmost confidence is ex presseo that it will be adopted wilh but feeble dissent — exchange we are not in favor of repudiating the national debt or iu any manner interfere ring with the arrangement to pay it but we are unalterably opposed to any south ern man or set of men who would offer in the uuited states congress or favor mich a resolution as above indicated the payment of the confederate war debt for emancipated slaves may never be de manded by the south but we are oppos ed to licking the dust aud going forward voluntarily aud surrendeiing claim for property wliich was abolished or confiscated by military power without constitutional authoity no sensible southern man would have slavery re-es tablished if it were possible to do so but every sensible man in the land north and south knows that at the time tbe federal troops took the negroes from un der the control of their owners there was nothing in the constitution endorsed or adopted by the requisite number of states jusliteing such conduct therefore we hope no real southern member of con gresss will attempt to appease radical hatred by voluntarily surrendering the rights of bis constituents — charlotte democrat settled — so far as the members of the house of representatives of both parties are concerned the third-term ' question is settled and grant stands a jpoor chance for mud ooulna tion according to present appearances in the house last week mr springer of illinois offer ed a resolution declaring tbat in the opin ion of the house the precedent establish ed by washington and other presidents of the united states in retiring from the presidential office after their 2d term has become by universal concurrence a part of our republican system of government and that any departure from tbat time honored custom would be unwise unpa triotic and fraught with evil to our free iustitutions ; thia resolution was adopted by a vote of yeas 232 nays 18 the opposition being composed mainly of negroes and carpet-baggers from the south 16 fssssssssss^ss^^rw^tt*mt*wtmmmmmfm**m*mtlu*mtm agricultural j of'somc interest here tbe holders of the first mortgage bonds ofthe richmond & atlanta air-line railroad held a meet ing yesterday in new york the com mittee of the trustees reported a number of litigations aud that a decree had been obtained in the u s circuit court for the northern district of georgia for the sale of the road all that was necessary be fore the sale was to obtain those portions of the road in north and south carolina aud they recommended that the bond holders pay so a bond in additioa to the 2 already paid the report was adopted whal lhc patrons of husbandry propose to do at the centennial exposition the national graugers are to hold a grand encampment near philadelphia to attend the ceutennial exposition next year sixty acres of land have been leaded and an immense building is to be erected in which rooms and accommoda tions are to be provided at a cost of not more than two dollars a bead each day this is done the grangers say to avoid the extravagance aud impositions of hotels aud boarding houses the pennsylvania railroad company has consented to lay a double track to the exhibition grounds lo be used exclusively by tho grangers the run will not be more than twenty minutes the new buildiug is to be lighted with gis and supplied with hot and cold water shares of 50 each are to be issued to the amount of 200,000 no member being permitted to take more than one share this sum is thought to be sufficient to cover the cost of the enter prise a majority of the stock has als ready been taken up a sxow plant for the centen nial — a notable curiosity which california will contribute to the cen tennial will be a snow plant brought from calaveras county near the big trees mr koozer secured the plant through the agency of a character called trapper smith who is re markable in that vicinity for his en durance in long marches and the amount of whiskey he can carry be sides other luggage the plant is tlie largest ever exhib ited on tiie coast the cones number fifteen arc blood red and grow to gether in a bunch the plant de rives its name from the fact that it forces its way up through the snow in tiie spring of the year and the edji'es of the cones have an appearance of frost covered by a fine white fringe which grows in the form ofa chrysta lizatiou it will be kept in that state until next june when it will be forwarded to the centennial — phila delphia star tokay vin'eyakd-extensiye fire — last tuesday morning about 10 j o clock a fire occurred at tho extensive tokay vineyard of messrs n r home & t j jones four or five miles north of fayetteville resulting iu tbe destruction of all the warehouses machiuery cellar and au enormous quantity of wine the fire originated it is thought from sparks falling from the smoke-stack upon the roof the process of fermenting going on at the time in the vat-rooms which re quires the air to be at a high temperature of course so far from town no adequato assistance could bo obtained and the whole property except the dwelling house of mr mcboie the guperinteudeut was consumed about 10,00 gallons 250 barrel of wine wero destroyed two large buildings the vats the staging and a great deal of valuable machinery upon all of which there was an insurance of 14,000 the fire cuts off tbe present supply and production of probably one half tbe scuppernong wine ihat is offered iu the markets of tho world it being es timated ihat tokay vineyard makes about fifty per cent of nil that is supplied to tho trade exclusive of private produc tion and consumption — fayetteville ga zette i saturday ntght — amongst my many mercies for which i can never sufficiently thank god said a speak er at a large meeting in london is that of having a pious mother who taught me when a child always to prepare on saturday night for the privileges and duties of the lord's day the good wash was only a part of this night's programme we had to put out on the chairs in our bed rooms the clean linen sunday clothes and shoes in apple-pie order haifa century has passed over since then continued the speaker but to this day the early habits taught by my good mothej are still continued every sat urday night ' gleanings [ believe nothing against another but upon good authority ; nor report what may hurt another unless it be.a greater hurt to others to conceal it those have generally most need to fear who think they have no need to fear vain confidence is the forerun icr of shame for the ills ofthis life if there was no silence there would be no music darkness is a pavilion for tlie alrr;gh y ; a foil to the painter to make his shadows geo macdonald a copy ofthe new testament print id in 1638 by bishop covers ale which d ition was seized and destroyed by he inquisition was sold by auction n the strand the other day for 160 ounds theodore parker spoke wisely when ie said that he measured his sermons lot by the dial at the other end ofthe tall but by the dial on the countcn mces ofhis hearers it is astonishing how much more tnpassable sunday mud and how nuch more penetrating sunday rain ire everywhere than the mud and rain f other days blessings long desired are sweeter vhen they come if soon given tliey ose much of their value god re lerves for thee that whicli he is slow to jive thee that you may learn to en erlain a supreme desire and longing iftcr it — augustine it is said that professor tyndall ms invented a trumpet whose blast is itrong enough to carry a man's head iway if he approaches too near it and yhose sound is warranted to be heard lirough fog and against wind at a listance of six miles over the sea it is reported that a child was wice sold one evening in a public louse in oldham and that the wife of hc second purchaser intended to bring t up the child was bought for a lass of ale and re-sold for half-a srown who is a friend like me ?" said the shadow to the body do i not follow you wherever you go ? sun light or mo6nlight i never forsake rou it is true said the body ; you tre with me in sunlight and moonlight but where are you when neither mn nor moon shines upon me the true friend abides with ua in dark ness a simply walking-cane with a can dle inclosed which might be conven ient for use in dark passages or even for reading in railroad cars has been invented by a germau the top por tion consists of a hollow cylinder screwed on and containing a spring to press upward as fast as consumed a candle placed in it it is closed by a screw-cap which forms a convenient top a deaf and dumb medieant was suddenly startled by the rude shouts of some boys while walking down a new york street and in turning slip ped on a orange peel and fell he gave the lad a severe lecture much to the enjoyment of a blind beggar at the corner who saw the whole occurrence through his green glasses aud was much amused thereat five years ago a conductor on a hartford and new haven railroad was given a thousand dollar bill by a sleepy passenger for fare he took it into a baggage car to change it and upon returning the passe er denied having given it to him aiming to have handed him a ticket the con ductor put the money in a saving bank where it still rema:ns the story has often been told in t\\o news papers yet no claimant ha •"•' dis covered the wife ofthe late professor agassiz arose one morning and proc d d ac cording to custom to put ot er stock ings and shoes at a certa si e of this process a little scream it icted mr agassiz's attention am , ot hav ing yet risen he leaned fo vard anx iously upon his elbow inquihru what was the matter why aii est ke has just crawled out of my 1 o cried she ouly one my dear 4i terrogated the professor calmly lying down again ; there should have been three he had put them c keep them warm heirs wanted — a copy of the sel ma ala times bas been sent u3 to no tice an advertisement of pottus dawson fy tillman of that city making inquiries as to tbe whereabouts of the heirs of green s price who aro supposed to reside in this state price left this stuto about 44 years ago and died in marengo county ala may 28ih 1872 thc heirs if anyjjthere be will hear somethiug to their advantage by communicating with the above named firm at belma new advertisements more beautiful than ever is the new jewerly ust received at cell cv pro's consisting of sold and silver watches gold and plated chains bracelets ladies sets gents buttons pins axd studs 13 & engagement rings c we have made in the handsomest nanner i a iii chains hair jewelry diamond and weedding kings special attention giving to tlie repairing nd timingoffiue watches and regulators all watches repaired by as are warranted 2 months • office 2 doon above national hotel see ign of large watch and pen salisbury dec 2 1876 tf alnncbhit eitbaohdiiart » r jixi 1 y ts now re6eivins and opening for the in spection ofthe people of salisbury aad row in county the best selected stock of staple & fakcy groceries hat has ever been exhibited in salisbury fancy brands of cigars and cheroots ht bottom figures candies both plain and fancy figs almonds oranges raisins jellies and in fact anything that a first class grocery house should have also buys and sells domestic bacon and dl kind of country produce hoping to see ny many friends both iu town and country i remain respectfully d r julian hardware when ou want hardware at low igures call on the undersigned at no 2 jlranite ltov d a at well jalisbury n c,may 13-tf cedar cove nursery t?ruit trees vines & plants a l large stock at reason ible rates new catalogue for 1875 and 7ii with fullds scriptions of fruits sent free addreaj craft & sailor red plains yadkin county n c nov i 1875 — 3ni08 the lynchburg insurance and banking company capita and assets over 100,000 state deposit 15,0(xj property insured against loss by fire at the lowest current rates take a policy in the lynchburg and sl«*p soundly i am also agent for the north carolina state life insurance company if you have the good of your country t heart keep your money in the south rwi help build ap home institutions j d mcneely agent get 21 1875 4ms to t'oxsoiptives : the adverti-er an old physician retired from active practice having had placed in his banc by an east india missionary the foimula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma nnd all throat and lung affections ; also a positive and radical cure for nervous debility and all nervous com plaints after haying thoroughly tested its won derful curative bowers in thousands of casee feels it his duty to make it known to his sufler ing fellows actuated by this motive and n conscientious desire to relieve human suflerin he will send free of charge to all who desire it this recipe with full directions for prepar ing and successfully using sent by return mail by addressing tmir i>r w c stevens mcifroe elock sybaccfve x t nov 15 1875 ly
Object Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1876-01-06 |
Month | 01 |
Day | 06 |
Year | 1876 |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | 12 |
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Creator | Thos. K. Bruner |
Date Digital | 2008-12-29 |
Publisher | J. J. Bruner |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The January 6, 1876 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601559468 |
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1876-01-06 |
Month | 01 |
Day | 06 |
Year | 1876 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
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Date Digital | 12/29/2008 10:25:09 AM |
Publisher | Hamilton C. Jones |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | An archive of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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Language | eng |
FullText | the carolina watchman vol vii.--.thibd series salisbuby n c jaltuary 6 1876 no 12 published weekly : j j bruner proprietor and editoi . thos k brujfer associate editor bates of st'bcbiption weekly watchman on'r year payable mailvanftfc 2.f0 six months " " j 25 5 copies to l"v address 10.0 advertising kate : obb 8qcare 1 inch one insertion 100 two " 1.50 rate5 f"r - greater number of insertions moderate special notices 25 per cent more in regular advertisements reading notice 1 cents per line foreaeh and every insertion from the new york s an j a higinva y.man's career william hill a patient in a private insauc asylum near glasgow scotland died a few weeks bi'uce many years c,o there lived in iredell county north carolina a respected presbyterian min ister named curry the pride of whose life was an only son nixon by name iu whose training the good man took pecul iar delight the young man wou the affections of a youug girl attending the same school and so ardent was their attachment that uo rival was allowed to come between them — when the girl reached tho age of iifteeu her devotion to young curry became so manifest tliat her patents wishing to secure for her what they considered a better alliance forbade further intercourse between the two as a natural consi quence clandes tine meetings were resorted to anil con tinued for three years at the expiratiou of that period the hand of the young lady was sought by the son of a southern statesman and her parents tried to com pel her acceptance whereupon she elop ed with young curry the couple were pursued by the friends of the girl and curry turned and shot his rival who led the pursuers killing him instantly re newing their flight they took refuge af ter a lung and heated chase in the alle ghany mountains near the head waters of the catawba and there outlawed from all society he became a highway man and bpecdily achieved a dreaded notoriety by the number and character ut his deadly exploits the governor of north carolina offered 5,000 for bis arrest and many lured by the tempting offer tried to hum him down suddenly he was missed from north carolina it was supposed that he had died or that h had changed his base of operations one day al the lime if the fust settle ment of the fertile delta of the st francis river in what is now arkansas an immi grant appeared in the etsirict calling himself john ii 1 1 ii was a handsome amiable man and though having only moderate means extended a generous hospitality to all who visited his beauti ful little home rendered doubly attract ive by the presence ol a lovely wife iu a short time he became the most popular man in the settlement and so be continu ed for ten or twelve years iie was re peatedly elected to the legislature and there he was distinguished for powerful and impassioned eloquence he became a leader iu the ranks of his party was a member of the convention that framed the state constitution and represented his district in the senate of arkansas hill's most intimate friends were the strongs — four brothers men of wealth and ambition a close intimacy sprang up between them and hill in an un guarded moment made the eldest strong conversant with his previous history tel ling him that ho was the notorious nixon curry ut north carolina strong then requested curry to resign his seat iu the senate but hill refused aud the broth ers conspired to ruin him seuding to nerth carolina they procured a requisi tion for his arrest and a copy of the eward offered for his capture the four brothers powerful and determined as they were well knowing the character of the man with whom they were to deal cured the assistance of a dozen men nd surrounding his house attempted to effect his capture on approaching the main entrance and demanding his surren der one of them was shot dead and three others were dangerously wounded and the attack was abandoned the govenor of arkausas published an additional reward for his arrest and hastily packing a few articles hill set out with his wife and children for upper arkansas where he knew of the existence of a baud of despeiad ies whose members ho bad reason to believe would protect him he was overtaken at conway court house and baiting his wagon aud admonishing his wife and children to keep their places he stepped forth in the face of his pursuers aad in a fevv eloquent words told them why be quit north carolina and at the same time assuring them that he would uot be taken alive the gallant ry of the action resulted in his favor and the pursuit was abandoned constant pursuit had made him mo rose and quarrelsome and he began to drink heavily and resort to the gambling table as a meaus of support one day in oepteaiber 1845 while seated at break laet he told his wife that he had a pre jnoimioa uf death aud felt that be should killed that day before sunset calling his son william a bright boy of fourteen e made him swear to kill the mau who would kill his father . the circuit court of pope county be ng m session he attended it with a young man named howard who was en gaged to hi8 eldest daughter as soon j8 they reached the village hill began to r"ik and exhibited an uuusual disposi n to quarrel he insvlted every oue e tt^t aud finally threatened to clean lb court house and pushed into tho court-room to the consternation of judge jury and lawyers young howard tried to restrain him but glaring like a tiger be turned upon the youth and felled him to the floor at the same time exclaiming kill me or i'll kill you !'' the young man in a moment of extreme anguish drew a kuife and buried it in tbe bowels of hill who died soon after howard quit arkansas and was heard of several years later af san antonia rl exas where he joined the confederate forcos under command of col long at the close of the war be was met by william hill who remembering the oath he had taken at his father's instance shot tho former and fled to europe ho j.»n:ed the french army and served through the franco prussian war bat was object t temporary insanity fi nally liis case became hopeless aud ho was placed by his friends in an asylum near gl.-.sgow bcotlaud where he re cently died turning a test to a profilalle account there was a large plantation near sel ma alabama a part of which had beeu needed with sorghum hahipcnsc or gui nea grasb there called johnson grass this grass finally spread over the whole plantation and could not be subdued which eo discouraged the owner that he gave up the place as utterly ruined a northern farmer seeing this abandoned plantation with its luxuriant growth ol g.ass was so impressed with it that he ni ted the place for three years and pre pared to attack the planter's foe big general green aud cfoinpel him to pay tribute he procuied mowers and a hay press cut the grass made au immense uautity of excellent hay and is making aouey out of what had driven the cotton jrower to despair moral : if you don't want to grow hay or raise stock don't plant johnson grass or sort/hum halapensc inder any of its aliases but if you have t try to turn the pest into a blessing iu he form of food for stock rural caro iniron/or december ' trii'lixg causes for self-murder lillle maters are more frequently the 4u3c ofsuicide than great affairs an irrita ble nervous system a brain too highly wrought are apt to magnify into the greatest honors trifles to whicli the iieahhy organization would scarcely give i thought many a girl has taken away ler life rather than endure a scolding ind schoolboys have drowr.ed themselves to avoid ilie peiformauce of some heavy auks a noble lord of high d reo ouce hot bimself because he wi •; dieted wilh he itch he had evidei y never heard f the duke of argyle ur the famous scratching post of hist , . a london reporter put an end lo is life to save iiimsell the trouble of ni mg out a long port and the story is t id ofa gentle man who gave as a reason or his suicide ihat he was tired of the trouble of putting off and on his clothes the ! st case jt sell slaughter for a trifling cause is that nf a married lady in london wbo suicid ed because she was greatly troubled and depressed about changing her residence it is a curious fact connected whbfelo de e that so few of those persons whose obituaries we should so gladly write ever ihutrlrf off ihis mortal coil who ever beard of a creditor drowning himself an annuitant or a poor relation ? how of ten have we wished that such aud such i poet would put his wail j;i into < tion and sleep beuea 1 the w...uws : liut none of these people c . o do drown ; it is j'our poor innocents who nev 2d a cent or drew a pension iil i line of poetry ; your sensitive plants who start at the cracking of a door or tremble at the sight of a rat or a bailiff [ hit of their ranks alone come tho one more unfortunates denizens of unknown graves — inter-ocean stick to it learn a trade or get into business and go at it with a determination that defies failure and you will succeed don't leave i beca use hard blows are to he struck or disagreeable work to be performed those who have work ed their way up to wealth and useful ness do not belong to the shiftless and unstable lass and if you do not work while a young man as an old man you will be nothing work with a will and conquer your prejudice against labor and manfully boar the heat and burden of thc day it may be hard the first week but after that i assure you it will become a pleasure and you will feel enough better satisfied with yourself to pay for all the trial of a beginning let preseverence and industry be your motto and with a steadv application to business you need have no fears for the future don't be ashamed of plain clothes provided you have earned them they are far more beautiful in the estima tion ofall honest men and women than the costly gewgaws sported by some people at the expense of the con fiding tailor the people who re spect you only when well clad will be the first to run from you in the hour of adversity a keen retokt — an old bachelor picking up a book exclaimed ou seeing a wood-cut representing a man kneeling at the feet of a woman — before 1 would ever kneel to a woman i would encircle my neck with a rope and stretch it — then turning to a young lady he asked don't you think it would be the best thing i couid do undoubtedly tbe best thing for the woman was the very sarcastic reply a little girl was engaged with others in raising money by small con tributions to liquidate the debt ofone of the small churches near trenton n j and a prize was to be given to the girl that raised the largest amount she succeeded well but learned that one little girl had raised a trifle mors than she had and after all she was likely to lose the prize in thinking over the matter the idea occurred to her to write to gen grant to help her out the trenton gazette says that she did so and to her great joy the president answered the letter aud inclosed the sum of 5 and gave her besides some excellent advice the child was as much pleased in receiv ing a letter from gen grant as she was to get the 5 the letter became the object of great curiosity every body wanted to see it one gentle man gave 5 for it and then charged a quarter of a dollar to see it in this way some fifteen or twenty dollars were realized all of which was paid to the hamilton avueue church for which the little girl was soliciting subscriptions the letter was read in church on sunday and excited no lit tle curiosity john randolph of roanoak em ployed an excellent man named clop ton to preach to his negroes in a ihapel on his plantation one cold sunday while he was giving out his lymn two lines at a time he observed i negro put his foot with a new brogan m tlie red hot stove turning to um he said in a measured voice you rascal you you will burn your shoe as this rhyme was in exact netre to the hymn the negroes chim d in and sang it the preacher jmiled and mildly explained : my olored friends indeed you're wrong [ did not intend that for the song this being also in good measure the icgroes sang it with a pious fervor fuming quickly to his congregation iie said sharply : i hope you will nut sing again until i have had time to explain but this only aroused them to repeat his last words with vigor mr clopton then finding his tongue aimed to rhyme abandoned explana tion and went on with the services schneider's tomatoes j schneider ia very fond of tomatoes schneider bas a frieud iu the conntry ivho raises garden eass and pi^h schneider had an invitation to visit his riend last week and regale himself on lis favorite vegetable his friend pfeifs cr being busy negotiating with a city ireduce dealer ou hia arrval schneider liought he would tako a etroll in the ardcd and see some of his favorites iu heir pristiuo beauty we will let him ell the rest cf bis story in his own lan guage : vei i valks shust a liddle vhile round vhen i seen aomo of dose dermar ters vot vas 6o red und nice as i never iit 6ee any more und i dinks i vill put luinesclf outside about a gounle a toaen shust o geef me a liddle abberdite vor dinner so i bulls off vouov der reddest st lookin of dose dermarters und rianea a pooty good pite out ov dot nnd vas chewing it oup pooty qvick vhen — ' / ehimiuy ! — i dort i hat a peese of red-hot goals in mine mout or vas chew ing oup dwo or dree bapers of needles ; und i velt so pad already dot mine eyes vas vool of tears ; und i mate vor an olt oken bucket vot i seen hangin iu der veil as i vas goomin along shust d^n mine vriend pfeiffer game oup und ask me vot mate me veel eo pad und if any ov mine vamily vas dead i dold bim dot i vas der ouly vou ov der vamily dot vas pooty sick und den i ask him vot kind ov dcrmaters dotft'vas vot i bat shust pceo bicking und mine era cious ! bow dot landsman lattghft uud said dot dose vaa red beppcrs dot he vas rasing for bepper-sauce you pet my life i vas mat i ladder yon geef me feefty tollars as to eat some more ov dose bepper sauce dermaters — chas f adams rev marcus l wood this divine is bo thoroughly known in north carolina that it is hardly necessa ry to make a personal sketch of him he is a graduate of trinity college and soon after entering the ministry offered his bervicea to tbe cbiua mission proceed ing to china for several years hu was called to endure all tbe trials of tho devo ted missionaries to tbat enlightened hea then land circumstances which he con sidered providudtial brought him back to the north carolina conference and since bis return ho bas been engaged iu the woik of au itinerant minister on circuits and stations as presiding elder of the salisbury district he h probably the only man in the state who speaks the chinese language and ho is certainly the only missionary seut out to china by the north caroliua conference as a preach er he is acceptable everywhere and as a pastor much esteemed we observe that he is accompanied by his bride to whom he was married on monday last and came to conference on his bridal tour his brido is the niece of the venerable dr alford of the confer ence — w journal bismark has a pistol wilh 5,000 worth of diamonds in the handle and yet he can't hit a cat ten feet away it takes one o these old shot gum to tear things barn burning — we reg „ to learn that the barn of mr ed walker of sha ron was burned by an incendiary last week it is supposed that the crime was committed in revenge for nis activity in the arrest of ed scott a colored suppor ter of the commercial interests of char lotte,5 who had been sent up for ten years for stealing cotton sou home horse-thieves catjgtt •. — two men giving tbeir names as job barfield and geo g lawrence stole a iitsc from mr hare and oue from mr r of co lumbus county one i.igb mat week aud sloped for texas ;" on the way pea cock's horse gave ont so they stole a mule we are informed to take his place they were tracked through columbus robeson and bladen into sampson where they were caught tbe^wfrt then brought to fayetteviile and lodged » the jail here temporarily for safe kec ».— fayette viile gaz trying to burn a depot the charlotte observor says : some nights ago an attempt waa made to burn mat thew's depot on the carolina central railroad about 10 miles from this city a window pane had been broken out and a quantity of shavings tlm n in on the floor after which fire was aj ied the window facing and tbe side o the build ing were a good deal burned but the fire was discovered in time to prevent the entire destruction of the depot at dif ferent times and on different parts of the building words similar to these had been found written : if you don't pay me my money i will burn the depot c so that it is probable that some employee to whom the road is in arrears probably on a disputed account fired uo depot for revenge upon the company j making assurance douulyscre not long since an < nerge':c farmer of this county desired to go south for a few weeks and as be had between 8500 and 600 in his possession he was troubled ss to a safe place of deposit for the same until his return he finally solved the vexed question by making a small wood en box in which he put the currency and working his way to the middle of the shuck pen he hurried the same and went on bis journey after an absence of several weeks ha returned and got his box from the pen and carried it to the house to count his cash capital and add a little to the same on saising the lid he was perfectly astounded to find nearly all his money in small fragments aud a lit ter of mice comfortably embedded in the same ouly fifteen dollars wa saved from demolition he now ust a fire i proof safe for bis greenback nd keeps ' his specie iu a stocking rus jd from '■the ceiling in hi stepping room — ash pioneer j dwelling destroyed — abont noon on friday the dwelling of mr robert simpson about six miles from town on tho swannauoa turnpike was totally destroyed by fire the fire originated j near the roof and had gained such bead j way before it was discovered tbat only a j few articles f household and kitchen fur i niturii on the first floor were saved ev 1 ery thing iu the second story comprising j beds bedding linen clo t aud iurni < ture were lost — lb the pioneer also relates u '^ lips of v s lusk u s district attorney a case of ku-k!uxing perpetrated on a uegro named freeman in folk county j recently are wo to bavo a revival of ku-kluxism between this and the presi , dential election i j | the confederate war debt ! c the washington correspondent of the philadelphia times te'egraphs that a resolution ha3 beeu prepared by a promi nent southern congressman a gentleman who was an officer in tho confederate army and has been for mauy years a recognized democratic leader iu the south declaring in full and definite terms that the confederate war debt shall never be recognized or assumed by tho uuitcd states ; that no claim for slaves freed during and by tbe war shall ever be es teemed lawful and tbat the national credit mils ever be kept unimpeached this will be submitted to the house at an early day aud the utmost confidence is ex presseo that it will be adopted wilh but feeble dissent — exchange we are not in favor of repudiating the national debt or iu any manner interfere ring with the arrangement to pay it but we are unalterably opposed to any south ern man or set of men who would offer in the uuited states congress or favor mich a resolution as above indicated the payment of the confederate war debt for emancipated slaves may never be de manded by the south but we are oppos ed to licking the dust aud going forward voluntarily aud surrendeiing claim for property wliich was abolished or confiscated by military power without constitutional authoity no sensible southern man would have slavery re-es tablished if it were possible to do so but every sensible man in the land north and south knows that at the time tbe federal troops took the negroes from un der the control of their owners there was nothing in the constitution endorsed or adopted by the requisite number of states jusliteing such conduct therefore we hope no real southern member of con gresss will attempt to appease radical hatred by voluntarily surrendering the rights of bis constituents — charlotte democrat settled — so far as the members of the house of representatives of both parties are concerned the third-term ' question is settled and grant stands a jpoor chance for mud ooulna tion according to present appearances in the house last week mr springer of illinois offer ed a resolution declaring tbat in the opin ion of the house the precedent establish ed by washington and other presidents of the united states in retiring from the presidential office after their 2d term has become by universal concurrence a part of our republican system of government and that any departure from tbat time honored custom would be unwise unpa triotic and fraught with evil to our free iustitutions ; thia resolution was adopted by a vote of yeas 232 nays 18 the opposition being composed mainly of negroes and carpet-baggers from the south 16 fssssssssss^ss^^rw^tt*mt*wtmmmmmfm**m*mtlu*mtm agricultural j of'somc interest here tbe holders of the first mortgage bonds ofthe richmond & atlanta air-line railroad held a meet ing yesterday in new york the com mittee of the trustees reported a number of litigations aud that a decree had been obtained in the u s circuit court for the northern district of georgia for the sale of the road all that was necessary be fore the sale was to obtain those portions of the road in north and south carolina aud they recommended that the bond holders pay so a bond in additioa to the 2 already paid the report was adopted whal lhc patrons of husbandry propose to do at the centennial exposition the national graugers are to hold a grand encampment near philadelphia to attend the ceutennial exposition next year sixty acres of land have been leaded and an immense building is to be erected in which rooms and accommoda tions are to be provided at a cost of not more than two dollars a bead each day this is done the grangers say to avoid the extravagance aud impositions of hotels aud boarding houses the pennsylvania railroad company has consented to lay a double track to the exhibition grounds lo be used exclusively by tho grangers the run will not be more than twenty minutes the new buildiug is to be lighted with gis and supplied with hot and cold water shares of 50 each are to be issued to the amount of 200,000 no member being permitted to take more than one share this sum is thought to be sufficient to cover the cost of the enter prise a majority of the stock has als ready been taken up a sxow plant for the centen nial — a notable curiosity which california will contribute to the cen tennial will be a snow plant brought from calaveras county near the big trees mr koozer secured the plant through the agency of a character called trapper smith who is re markable in that vicinity for his en durance in long marches and the amount of whiskey he can carry be sides other luggage the plant is tlie largest ever exhib ited on tiie coast the cones number fifteen arc blood red and grow to gether in a bunch the plant de rives its name from the fact that it forces its way up through the snow in tiie spring of the year and the edji'es of the cones have an appearance of frost covered by a fine white fringe which grows in the form ofa chrysta lizatiou it will be kept in that state until next june when it will be forwarded to the centennial — phila delphia star tokay vin'eyakd-extensiye fire — last tuesday morning about 10 j o clock a fire occurred at tho extensive tokay vineyard of messrs n r home & t j jones four or five miles north of fayetteville resulting iu tbe destruction of all the warehouses machiuery cellar and au enormous quantity of wine the fire originated it is thought from sparks falling from the smoke-stack upon the roof the process of fermenting going on at the time in the vat-rooms which re quires the air to be at a high temperature of course so far from town no adequato assistance could bo obtained and the whole property except the dwelling house of mr mcboie the guperinteudeut was consumed about 10,00 gallons 250 barrel of wine wero destroyed two large buildings the vats the staging and a great deal of valuable machinery upon all of which there was an insurance of 14,000 the fire cuts off tbe present supply and production of probably one half tbe scuppernong wine ihat is offered iu the markets of tho world it being es timated ihat tokay vineyard makes about fifty per cent of nil that is supplied to tho trade exclusive of private produc tion and consumption — fayetteville ga zette i saturday ntght — amongst my many mercies for which i can never sufficiently thank god said a speak er at a large meeting in london is that of having a pious mother who taught me when a child always to prepare on saturday night for the privileges and duties of the lord's day the good wash was only a part of this night's programme we had to put out on the chairs in our bed rooms the clean linen sunday clothes and shoes in apple-pie order haifa century has passed over since then continued the speaker but to this day the early habits taught by my good mothej are still continued every sat urday night ' gleanings [ believe nothing against another but upon good authority ; nor report what may hurt another unless it be.a greater hurt to others to conceal it those have generally most need to fear who think they have no need to fear vain confidence is the forerun icr of shame for the ills ofthis life if there was no silence there would be no music darkness is a pavilion for tlie alrr;gh y ; a foil to the painter to make his shadows geo macdonald a copy ofthe new testament print id in 1638 by bishop covers ale which d ition was seized and destroyed by he inquisition was sold by auction n the strand the other day for 160 ounds theodore parker spoke wisely when ie said that he measured his sermons lot by the dial at the other end ofthe tall but by the dial on the countcn mces ofhis hearers it is astonishing how much more tnpassable sunday mud and how nuch more penetrating sunday rain ire everywhere than the mud and rain f other days blessings long desired are sweeter vhen they come if soon given tliey ose much of their value god re lerves for thee that whicli he is slow to jive thee that you may learn to en erlain a supreme desire and longing iftcr it — augustine it is said that professor tyndall ms invented a trumpet whose blast is itrong enough to carry a man's head iway if he approaches too near it and yhose sound is warranted to be heard lirough fog and against wind at a listance of six miles over the sea it is reported that a child was wice sold one evening in a public louse in oldham and that the wife of hc second purchaser intended to bring t up the child was bought for a lass of ale and re-sold for half-a srown who is a friend like me ?" said the shadow to the body do i not follow you wherever you go ? sun light or mo6nlight i never forsake rou it is true said the body ; you tre with me in sunlight and moonlight but where are you when neither mn nor moon shines upon me the true friend abides with ua in dark ness a simply walking-cane with a can dle inclosed which might be conven ient for use in dark passages or even for reading in railroad cars has been invented by a germau the top por tion consists of a hollow cylinder screwed on and containing a spring to press upward as fast as consumed a candle placed in it it is closed by a screw-cap which forms a convenient top a deaf and dumb medieant was suddenly startled by the rude shouts of some boys while walking down a new york street and in turning slip ped on a orange peel and fell he gave the lad a severe lecture much to the enjoyment of a blind beggar at the corner who saw the whole occurrence through his green glasses aud was much amused thereat five years ago a conductor on a hartford and new haven railroad was given a thousand dollar bill by a sleepy passenger for fare he took it into a baggage car to change it and upon returning the passe er denied having given it to him aiming to have handed him a ticket the con ductor put the money in a saving bank where it still rema:ns the story has often been told in t\\o news papers yet no claimant ha •"•' dis covered the wife ofthe late professor agassiz arose one morning and proc d d ac cording to custom to put ot er stock ings and shoes at a certa si e of this process a little scream it icted mr agassiz's attention am , ot hav ing yet risen he leaned fo vard anx iously upon his elbow inquihru what was the matter why aii est ke has just crawled out of my 1 o cried she ouly one my dear 4i terrogated the professor calmly lying down again ; there should have been three he had put them c keep them warm heirs wanted — a copy of the sel ma ala times bas been sent u3 to no tice an advertisement of pottus dawson fy tillman of that city making inquiries as to tbe whereabouts of the heirs of green s price who aro supposed to reside in this state price left this stuto about 44 years ago and died in marengo county ala may 28ih 1872 thc heirs if anyjjthere be will hear somethiug to their advantage by communicating with the above named firm at belma new advertisements more beautiful than ever is the new jewerly ust received at cell cv pro's consisting of sold and silver watches gold and plated chains bracelets ladies sets gents buttons pins axd studs 13 & engagement rings c we have made in the handsomest nanner i a iii chains hair jewelry diamond and weedding kings special attention giving to tlie repairing nd timingoffiue watches and regulators all watches repaired by as are warranted 2 months • office 2 doon above national hotel see ign of large watch and pen salisbury dec 2 1876 tf alnncbhit eitbaohdiiart » r jixi 1 y ts now re6eivins and opening for the in spection ofthe people of salisbury aad row in county the best selected stock of staple & fakcy groceries hat has ever been exhibited in salisbury fancy brands of cigars and cheroots ht bottom figures candies both plain and fancy figs almonds oranges raisins jellies and in fact anything that a first class grocery house should have also buys and sells domestic bacon and dl kind of country produce hoping to see ny many friends both iu town and country i remain respectfully d r julian hardware when ou want hardware at low igures call on the undersigned at no 2 jlranite ltov d a at well jalisbury n c,may 13-tf cedar cove nursery t?ruit trees vines & plants a l large stock at reason ible rates new catalogue for 1875 and 7ii with fullds scriptions of fruits sent free addreaj craft & sailor red plains yadkin county n c nov i 1875 — 3ni08 the lynchburg insurance and banking company capita and assets over 100,000 state deposit 15,0(xj property insured against loss by fire at the lowest current rates take a policy in the lynchburg and sl«*p soundly i am also agent for the north carolina state life insurance company if you have the good of your country t heart keep your money in the south rwi help build ap home institutions j d mcneely agent get 21 1875 4ms to t'oxsoiptives : the adverti-er an old physician retired from active practice having had placed in his banc by an east india missionary the foimula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma nnd all throat and lung affections ; also a positive and radical cure for nervous debility and all nervous com plaints after haying thoroughly tested its won derful curative bowers in thousands of casee feels it his duty to make it known to his sufler ing fellows actuated by this motive and n conscientious desire to relieve human suflerin he will send free of charge to all who desire it this recipe with full directions for prepar ing and successfully using sent by return mail by addressing tmir i>r w c stevens mcifroe elock sybaccfve x t nov 15 1875 ly |